The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 11, 1885, Page 1

VIT. VOL. Inaugural Address. | Feliow-Citizens—In the presence | of this vast assembla e of my coun- trymen, 1am about to supplement and seal by oath which I shall take} will of a In the exer— ion of the the manifesta great and free people. th cise of their power and right of self- government, they have committed to one of their fellow-citizens a su- preme and sacred trust, and he here consecrates himself to their service. This impressive ceremony adds lit tle to the solemn responsibility with } which I contemplate the duty | owe Nothing can rehheve me trom anxiety lest by to ail people of the and. any act ot mine their interests may suffer, and nothing is needed to strengthen my resolution to engage every faculty and effort in the pro- motion of their welfare. Amid the din ot party strife the people’s choice was made; but its attendant circum- stances have demonstrated a new strenyth and safety of government eythe people. Ineach succeeding year it more clearly appears that our derrocratic principle needs no apo!l— ogy, and that in its fearless and faith- tul application 16 to be found the surest ranty ot good government; but the best results in the operation of the goverament, wherein every citizen has a share, largely depend upon the proper limitation ot purely partisan zea! and effort and a cor; !} rect appreciation of the time when; partisanship should be merged into the patriotism of the citizen. DUTY OF THE HOUR } . To-day the executive branch ot the | government is transterred to new! keeping ; but this is still the govern- ment of all the people, and it should be none the less the object ot their affectionate solicitude. At this hour | the animosities ot political strife, the | bitterness of partisan defeat and e> ultation of partisan triumph should be supplanted by ungrudging acqur- | scence to popular will and so by conscientious concern for the gener- al weal. Moreover, if from this hour we cheerfully and honestly | abandon all sectional prejudice and | manly | confidence in one another, to work i out harmoniously the of cur national destiny we shall Serve to realize all the benefits wh our oappy for m of g Ov ernment bestow. On this May well renew the pledze distrust, and determine with achievements | de- a auspicious occasion devotion te launched by the founders of the put and consecrated } Players and patrio t ¢ devotion, has OF Aunost a century horne the hopes and aspirations ef a zh prosp j est number’ | constitution of | usefulness. BUTLER, MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY MARCH II, ings ot our national f f The large variety of diverse and terests subject to | control, persistently seeking t recognition of their claims, need give us no tear | that ‘the greatest good to the great- will fail to by accom- plished, it. in the halls of national legislation, that spirit of amity and mutual concession shall prevail in which the constitution had its birth | If this involves the surrcnder or post- ponement of local advantages, re- the thought that the common interest is d the muneration will be found in subserved a sxeneral welfare advanced, WILL bDO '!5 DUTY. In the discharge of my official dutv I shall endeaver to be guidec by of the constiution, acareiul observance ot the distinction between the ers granted to the ment, and these res yust and unstrained construction pow- federal govern rved to the states or to the people, and by a cautious | appreciation of those functions which | by the constitution and laws have been especially assigned to the ex ecutive branch of the government | But he who takes the oath to-day to preserye, protect, and detead the th States, only assumes the solemn obligation which every patriotic citizen, on the ne United farm, in the workshop, the busy marts ot trade, and everywhere, should share with him. © The consti- tution which prescribes his oath, my countrymen, is yours: the ment you have chosen govern- him to ad- minister for a time ts yours ; the laws and the entire scheme of our civil tule trom the town meeting to the! state capitols and the national capi- Your every voter surely as every chief magistrate un tol 1s yours der the same high sanction, though ina different sphere, exercises a public trust. Nor is this all; every citizen owes to the coun_ry a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of its pub- lic servants and a fair and reason- able estimate of ther fidelity and Thus is the people's impressed upon the whole frame-work ot our civil policy. will mu- nicipal, state and federal, and this is | the price of our liberty aad inspira- tion of our taith in our republic. ECONOMY. - It is the duty of those serving the people in a public place to closely limit public expenditures to the ac- tual needs ot the government, eco- nomically administered, because this bounds the right ot the government to exact tribute trom the earnings of | citizens, and because public extrava We; should never be ashamed of the sim- | gance among the people. pheity and prudentat which are best suited to the opera- tion of a rep ment and most comp lican torm of govern- the mission of n people. Those who are selected for a limited time to manage pubhe affai are still of the people and may by their example t icoura al economies | nuch + their intrusion here. It is tne poli- ompeting in- ¢v of Monroe and Washington and | presid Jefferson—peace, commerce and honest triendship with all nations, | yeale; entangling alliances with none. FINANCIAL. A due regard tor the interests and prosperity of all ocople demand that fhuan (our shall be established U-on sn t and sensibie basis pa-sne he satety and confi j d => interests and im * labor sure and | steady. © that our system of reve | due soll be so adjusted as to reliev the people from unnecessary tax- | acon: having a due regard to the | interests ot capital invested and | workingmen employed, in tne ac cumulation of a surplus in the treas- ury waste. to tempt extravagance and LANDS, INDIANS AND POLYGAMY. Care tor the property ot the future se and tor the needs ot jrequires that the public domain ; should be protected from purioi ng jschemes a:.d unlawtul occupation. | The conscience of the people de- mands that the Indians | beundanes shall be far with n our and hon- estly treated as wards of the govern- ; ment and. their education and civil 1 ization 1, with a view their ultimate citizenship, and that polys promotec to amy in the territories, destruct ive of the family relation and_ offen- sive to moral sense of the civilized world, shall be repressed. The laws should be ngidly en- foreed which prohibit the in tion of a servile class to compete with American labor with no tion of j bringing with them ‘habits and customs repugnant to our inten- acquiring citizenship and and retaining civilization. . REFORM NECESSARY The people demand reform in the administration of the government and the application of business prin- | ciples to public affairs, a means jto this end reform | should be im faith enforced. | Our citizens have the right to pro- j tection from the incompetency ot } public employes hold their places solely tle reward of partisan service and from influence of those who promise and the vicious meth— ods of those who expect such re- ards, and those who worthily seek public employment have thought— insist—-that merit and competency shall be recognized instead of party civil serv good and as the corruption subserviency or the surrender ot | honest political belief in the admin- | istration of a government pledged to } do equal and exact justice to all men. THE FREEDNEN,. ; There should be no oretext tor of nin their rights or their ! anxiety touch the protection the free sec enjoyment their privileges under the constitution and » discussion as he place ace iD | jstice ana bowing to h | “Zam now prepared to take the oath | the oath was in process, but when it ; with the chict justice, who was first and goodness of Alrrighty God who des over the destiny ot nations, and who has at all re- lin our country let us invoke His aid and His up: lessing 1 our labors. w When he crowd applauded whenever he paused to take breath. but after aw L RECEIVED. first began the while tented itself with cheering him as he made His! f for eign contract labor called out loud and continued applause. but his lusion to with con- his principal points. reference to the prohibition o al eivil-service reform met The address was very brief. and at precisely two faint response. minutes after 1 o’clock it concluded With an invocation of the blessing of Pfovicie and turning to the chiet he n said: prescribed by law.” i 4 THE OATH. } As the chiet-justice arose to ad u¥nister the eath, the vast assem—j blage ch: d again and ain. The | president elect stood facing the | chet justice with the crowd on his i right. Chief Clerk McKinney ot} tH supreme court stood just at the sie of Cleveland and held the Bible | ugo which the oath was adminis— | tefed,the president elect also holding it with his right The used morocco cover hand. Bible is a small gilt-edged volume, pretty well worn, Iris the Buble Cleveland's mother gave him when he left home aS a young man, and at his special request the committee had it in readi ness for the ceremony. which *The crowd Preserved perfect quiet as the im- pressive ceremony ot administering was concluded, and President Cleve- land laid down the Bible after reverently kissing it,and shook hands to congratulate him, they cheered loudly and long. Ex-President Arthur was the sec- ond man to congratulate the presi dent, and then followed Chief Clerk | McKinney and) Senator Sherman. | President Cleveland was then intro- | duced to the remaining judges ot the supreme court; to Lieut.-Gen. 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